Combined container and stropping device for razors



Oct. 28, 1930.

J. A. D. WATT 1,780,053

COMBINED C'ONTAINE'R AND STROPPING DEVICE FOR RAZORS Filed March 29,1921 l I I I I I l I l l I I Jame? A. D.

Patented Oct. 28, 1930; I p

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JAMES ALEX D=ENBY;W T1, or LONDON, EneLAnD; assieuon'iro ,SUPER RAZOBSmeoBr'onA'rEn, or NEWIYOR'K, 11.x. I

COMBINED CONTAINER" AND s'raorriiqe v nnvron FbR nAzons Application medMarch 29, 1921, Serial no. 456,6;6, and in Great Britain March 5, i920.

(GRANTED imnnn THE PROVISIONS on THE Aer or ivmiicns, 1921, 41 s ra nL., 1313 This invention has reference to an im-" ing or stroppingtheblade thereof.

'The'inve'ntion' comprises a. safety razor wherein theblade is pivotallyconnected 1tlo t e v ping'device for the razor blade, this is cona bladecarrier "which is connected to, razor handle, theblade guard being adustable relative to the blade and blade carrier in adirection at rightangles to the axis of the handle, the adjustment being obtained means ofa screw which connects the guard with the blade carrier, said screwbeing provided with a scale whereby a visual indication can beobserved'ot the degree of adjustment obtained between the said guard andcarrier; the complete razor being adapted to be located within a boxwhich contains a blade sharpening or stropp1ng, de-

- dle about midway of its length,

reference to vice,the sharpening or stroppingoperation being performedwhile therazor is stored within the box without involving the detachmentof the razor blade from the razor frame. Other features of improvedconstruction which comprise part of the present invention will: appearfrom the following description.

. My invention will now-be described with the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, in which razor.

Fig. 2 is an end partsectional elevation taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the razorlocated 1n the box with .the lid open, therazor blade being located in the sharpening or stropping position.

Similar reference numerals indicate. similar parts in the several views.

The body of the box 17 is formed with an integral shelf17 which isadapted to support the rear end of the razorhandle, the head ofthe razorbeing supported by the projections 17 also formed integral with the bodyof the box. 7 The lid 18 of the box is formed with an integral downwardprojection 18 which bears against the razor hansaid member 18 togetherwith the shelf 17 and the pro- Fig.- 1 is a front sectional elevationthrough the box stropping device and the,

jections 17 firmlymaintaining the razor in ahori'zontal position readyfor the eng'agef 'IDG111T O theblade w1th a sharpening or stropping devce when incorporated in the razor box.

Describing now the sharpening or stroplid 18 and both the box andthelid'are moulded or formedtoaccurately receive and locate the. razortherein. Rotatably' mounted in the box is the sharpening or stroppingroller 19 whichis mounted ona spindle 20 on which is a "P1111011 21which meshes with a toothed wheel 22 mounted on a spindle 23 in thefront 'sideof the box, said spindle being rotatable in one directiononly by means of the winding 7 key 24 which is pivotally inounte'd onthe.

spindle25 aligned withthe spindle 23 and in ratchet and pawlor similarone-way connection-with the spindle 23. The sharpening orstroppingroller 19 has its sharpening or stropping surface formedthereon as a helix 19 and the edge of the blade 11 is adapted to rest onthis helix as clearly seen in Figures 1 and 3. Mounted on the undersideof the lid 18 is a bracket 26 in the sides of which are elongatedvertical slots 27 in which the ends of the spindle 28 on which ismounted a resilient roller 29 engage. passes through a circular openingformed in a subsidiary bracket 30 which is resiliently and slidablymounted within and relative to the bracket 26,2 leaf spring 31beinginserted between the underside of the top .iace of the bracket 26 andthe upper surface'of the horizontal top bar'ot the subsidiary bracket30. It will be clear that the subsidiary bracket together with theresilient roller moves vertically as one member within thebracket' 26.The resilient roller 29 is made ofsuch a ina-v terial that the normalpressure thereon causes this roller to maintain the edge of the blade insharpening or stropping contact with the helical surface 19 while at thesame time the surface of the roller 29 is partially pressed into thehelical groove of the roller 19 and forms a contact between the rollerswhich en- The spindle 28 sures the rotation by the improved frictionalcontact of thetop roller 29. In other words the periphery of theresilient roller 29 and the peri hery of the stropping helix 19"intersect, as viewed from the end of the rollers) and ensure themaintenance of the razor blade at the stropping position as seen inFigare! of the drawings in which position the stropping angle is moreobtuse than would obtain if the peripheries of the two rollers did notintersect. Preferably the axis of the top rolleris set out of verticalalignment with the bottom roller slightly toward the direction fromwhich the blade to be strapped is received by "the lower roller, such aposition being found in practice to give the most efficient results. Itwill be observed from the drawings that both the bottom of the box andthe lid are formed with the necessary recesses and abutments to ensurethe accurate positioning of the razor within the box and I that Withoutremoving the razor blade from the razor frame it can be stropped withinthe boxwithout the necessity of any skill.

Claim In a stropper, a casing comprising a pivoted lid, a sharpeningroll j ournalled in the casing, a roller journalled in the lid tocooperate with the sharpening roller, said roller having asmooth,unbroken surface and of relatively softer material than the sharpeningroll,

means for supporting a razor in the casing, and means for supporting theblade in operativeposition, and means to drive the sharp ening roller.

In testimony whereof, I have signed-my name to this specification.

JAMES ALEX DENBY \VATT.

